3.0 → 0.0%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0
- 2016: 3.1
- 2021: 3.0
Average number of people usually resident per household.
Hornsby Heights · Suburb / Locality
Family & Households in Hornsby Heights
How families and households are made up across the area.
Just 12.8% of people live alone in Hornsby Heights, a figure far below the national average. This is a place where large households are the norm, with the typical home holding three people. Most residents live in family settings, creating a distinct contrast to the broader trends seen across Australia.
3.0
→ 0.0%
- 1.5–1.6: 490 areas
- 1.6–1.8: 168 areas
- 1.8–1.9: 642 areas
- 1.9–2.1: 816 areas
- 2.1–2.2: 1854 areas
- 2.2–2.4: 1319 areas
- 2.4–2.5: 2753 areas
- 2.5–2.7: 1349 areas
- 2.7–2.8: 2332 areas
- 2.8–3.0: 805 areas
- 3.0–3.1: 1044 areas
- 3.1–3.3: 289 areas
- 3.3–3.4: 386 areas
- 3.4–3.6: 110 areas
- 3.6–3.7: 85 areas
- 3.7–3.9: 40 areas
- 3.9–4.0: 258 areas
All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Hornsby Heights — higher than 86% of areas.
| Hornsby Heights | 3.0 |
|---|---|
| 2077, NSW | 2.6 |
| New South Wales | 2.6 |
| Australia | 2.5 |
Households
Average household size.
Homes here are larger than most, with 3.0 people per household, which is a little above the national figure of 2.5. This is reflected in the breakdown, where 29.3% of homes hold two people and 26.4% hold four.
12.8% ▲ +5.0%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.1%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 12.8%
Share of households that are a single person living alone.
Household size
View on map →Hornsby Heights splits fairly evenly between 2 people (29%) and 4 people (26%), with 3 people at 19%.
Families
Family types and one-parent families.
Couples with children make up the vast majority of families at 71.1%. Meanwhile, one-parent families account for 9.0%, which is well below the 14.1% seen across Australia.
9.0% ▼ -0.2%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 9.0%
Share of people who live in one-parent families.
Family composition
View on map →In Hornsby Heights, Couples with children is the majority at 71%; Couples without children is next at 19%.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Family & Households in Hornsby Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11944/hornsby-heights/topic/family-households